On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist Augusta Stern is adrift. When she relocates to an active senior community in Florida―she unexpectedly crosses paths with Irving Rivkin, the delivery boy from her father’s old pharmacy―and the man who broke her heart sixty years earlier.

As a teenager growing up in 1920’s Brooklyn, Augusta’s role model was her father, Solomon Stern, the trusted owner of the local pharmacy. But when Augusta’s mother dies and Great Aunt Esther moves in, Augusta can’t help but be drawn to Esther’s curious methods. As a healer herself, Esther offers Solomon’s customers her own advice―unconventional remedies ranging from homemade chicken soup to a mysterious array of powders and potions. When Augusta is confused by her budding but complicated relationship with Irving, she impulsively turns to her great aunt’s enchantments, mixing one of her most potent elixirs, hoping for clarity. The result is disastrous, leaving Augusta alone and devastated and she vows to reject Esther’s mystical ways forever. Now sixty years later, the mistakes of her past not only haunt her, but greet her every morning at the community pool.

Lynda Cohen Loigman graduated from Harvard College and Columbia Law School. Her debut novel, The Two-Family House, was a USA Today best seller and a nominee for the Goodreads 2016 Choice Awards in Historical Fiction. Her second novel, The Wartime Sisters, was selected as a Woman's World Book Club pick and a Best Book of 2019 by Real Simple Magazine. The Matchmaker’s Gift was named a Best New Book by People Magazine and a Best Book of Fall by the New York Post, Parade Magazine, Buzzfeed, and Good Morning America.com.